Above is a picture of the 2010 Broadway cast of Fences. You may notice Denzel Washington as Troy.There is no movie version of Fences, but here are some trailers from various productions, and below is another still from 2010 with Washington as Troy and Viola Davis as Rose.
Ah, here is a collection of scenes from that version!
http://www.youtube.com/user/FencesBroadway
James Earl Jones was the original Troy:
Here Jones is with Mary Alice, the actor who played Rose. Courtney B. Vance of Law and Order:CI played Cory.
James Earl Jones was the original Troy:
Here Jones is with Mary Alice, the actor who played Rose. Courtney B. Vance of Law and Order:CI played Cory.Kenny Leon directed another version at Boston's Huntington Theater. Pictures follow below:
In 2007, Portland (OR) Center Stage presented this version:
This version is a film rather than a play filmed:
The last clip is a classroom version from Introduction to Theater at CUNY Baruch:
In 2008, Minnesota's Penumbra Theater staged Fences. As you may have seen, Wilson worked with this company at one point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Nyi2szYFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KcLTgiZ68Y&feature=related
Below are some reviews of various productions.Charles McNulty reviews a 2010 production at LA's South Coast Repertory:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/theater-review-fences-at-south-coast-repertory.html
Frank Rich's review from 1987 is here:
http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9b0de7de1f3df934a15750c0a961948260
Ben Brantley reviews the recent Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington:
http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/theater/reviews/27fences.html
Toby Zinman makes some interesting points:
http://www.broadstreetreview.com/index.php/main/article/august_wilsons_fences_in_new_york
Thomas Garvey reviews the Huntington's production here:
http://hubreview.blogspot.com/2009/09/huntington-swings-for-august-wilsons.html
See Carolyn Clay's review for another perspective:
http://thephoenix.com/boston/arts/90186-black-beauty/
3 comments:
Interesting. Too bad there's not a Fences movie.
In comparison to Death of a Salesman, I noticed that Fences specifically specifies that the family is African-American. Apart from the detail of achieving equality in sporting events and at work though, I feel that race wasn't a very important factor in the play. Am I missing something?
Perhaps we may see a Fences movie on HBO or, more likely, PBS.
Hubert, you may want to focus on how the Maxsons' lives were different from the Lomans' and how Troy negotiates his life.
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